Biography

Marina Ghersetti, Professor at the Department of Journalism, Media and Communication at the University of Gothenburg. She has conducted and participated in several research projects about news reporting of major events, crisis communication, and digital media. Her present research focuses on comparative studies of crisis communication in European countries, and studies of attitudes to, and use of, social media and online journalism among Swedish authorities, journalists and the public when crisis occur.

Breakout Session 3: March 8, 2:45-4:00 PM
Risk cultures in flux? Dynamics in a state-oriented risk culture during the COVID-19 pandemic.